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Does this feeding schedule and milk intake sound like I'm in the right direction?

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CantThinkOfAGoodUserName · 01/08/2014 14:27

6/7 oz - 6am
Breakfast/solids 8.30am
5/5 oz - 10am
Lunch/solids 12.30pm
6/7 oz - 3.00-3.45 pm (depends when she wakes from nap)
Dinner /solids - 5pm
5/7 oz -6.45 (bedtime)
At 8 months (started weaning at 6 months) she now reliably (most days) eating 3 meals and has dropped lunchtime bottle and brought forward 4pm bottle to the 3-3.30 time

Does this sound like the usual pattern?
First time weaning and curious as all my friends are saying different, mostly they weaned quite fast

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Toowittoowoo · 01/08/2014 17:27

DD2 is also 8 months and the only difference is that lunch it at 12pm and the the 10am bottle is 4oz.

Basically the same though and very similar to DD1 at that age (as far as I remember! ).

As we are comparing notes - when does yours nap? I'm still a bit confused about naps!!

CantThinkOfAGoodUserName · 01/08/2014 19:15

Ah ok that's similar so I must be moving in right direction, for some reason I find it scary letting go of the milk!
Ok we get up too early lately it's been 5.00-5.30am then has nap at around 7.30-8.00 (usually 30-60mins) another nap at about 11ish (usually 30-60mins again but more towards 60mins most days) and then 3rd nap at 2.30 ish for around 30mins. We have just turned 8 months so I'm wondering when she will drop to 2 but I don't think just yet

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BadFam1 · 03/08/2014 16:41

That's pretty similar to what we do as well (8 month ds)

6.30 - 7/8oz bottle
7.30 - breakfast
8.30/9ish nap for about an hour
11am 7oz but trying to reduce this
12 - lunch
12.30/1ish nap - for up to 2 hours
2.30/3 - 7/8oz
5.30 - dinner
6.15ish - 7oz bottle

BertieBotts · 03/08/2014 16:43

I didn't do a schedule as such. Just offered food at mealtimes and milk whenever he asked for it. But they're all different, some will drop milk feeds quite quickly, others will hold onto them for much longer. Follow your baby :)

I didn't really do snacks until he started asking for food between mealtimes, probably over 1 year old.

Taler · 03/08/2014 22:25

My 9 m

Taler · 03/08/2014 22:30

My nearly 9 month old DD does the following:

Bottle 6:30 - approx 6oz
Breakfast 7:30/7:45
Nap 8:30 for approx 30 mins (but today and yesterday she slept for an hour and a half?!?!?)
Bottle 10:30 - approx 6oz
Lunch 11:30/12
Nap 12:30 for approx 2 hours
Bottle 2:30/3 - approx 6oz
Dinner 4:30/5
Bottle 6:30/7 approx 7/8oz and bed

It's of course the natural progression for them to have less milk the more solids they take. And Im the same in that if she had considerably less milk my initial thought is to worry but I must remind myself that she will take what she needs.

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